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I was thinking about a blog post at lohud.com regarding the traditional views about mother/father roles in raising our kids.

I've had custody of my 3 yr old son now for almost 1 1/2 years, and during that whole time, I never really thought about whether the "roles" I've had to assume were “mother or father centric”. They were and are things that I feel or know needs to be done due to the situation life has thrust upon me and my son.

Whether it’s doing household...

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My son will be turning 4 soon so I've been thinking about birthday parties. He attends daycare 2 days a week during the summer and they have a program where the parent can plan a party during daycare hours. I will be doing this.

I was also going to plan a more "formal" party with invites to all his school classmates and friends. I was thinking of having it at a place called LittleGyms.

But it seems his mother has also planned a party as well (at Monkey Joe's...not...

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My son attends a private school that has a pre-k program. The school is relatively new (around 10 years old) and the student body (pre-k to 12th grade) less than 2,000.

It is in a fairly affluent fast growing area so I expect it will continue to grow and evolve.

They are having a summer camp which Michael is attending. After the dropoff, one of the mothers and I got to talking about the school curriculum. She was concerned whether the school followed a similar curriculum...

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